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Errors in MLS Measurements Caused by Time Variance in Acoustic Systems

A study is presented of the effects of time variance on maximum-length sequence (MLS) measurements. Both interperiodic and intraperiodic effects are studied, using time stretching and an analogy with delay modulation as models. It is shown that both types of time variance cause apparent level losses, which typically represent an error with a + 12-dB per octave characteristic relative to an ideal reference impulse response (IR). Furthermore this error is localized around the reference IR and cannot be decreased by averaging or truncation. Intraperiodic time variance might also cause an apparent random noise component, typically with a + 6-dB per octave characteristic. This component is spread in time and can consequently be decreased by truncation. Averaging also decreases this noise if the time variance is fast so that the correlation of this apparent noise between MLS periods is low. The existence of such apparent noise indicates that the measured system response is distorted. Measurements were carried out in different rooms, and IR differences from these demonstrated the existence of apparent time-variance noise, increasing by approximately 6 dB per octave, in reverberant rooms.

Authors: Svensson, Peter; Nielsen, Johan L.
Affiliations: Chalmers Room Acoustics Group, Department of Applied Acoustics, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden ; Acoustics Research Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand(See document for exact affiliation information.)
JAES Volume 47 Issue 11 pp. 907-927; November 1999 Import into BibTeX

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